New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17
BEATING TIE YEAR'S HEAT RECORD
HUpNUrs SHOWS NISErY-NINE DEGREES

SUFFERING HUMANITY TOLD THAT THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF ANOTHER HOT WAVE.
Yesterday was the hottest Of the season. far In New
York BY tho temperature had crawied up 10 o.
unusually high midday figure, and % the suns rays
beat hotter hotter it plain that this years
record or the big gasstube In which tho redhued mer
curry spntered dubbed going to be broken
At $3.50 p. m. at Hudnurs pharmacy, the red nquid
showed 900. temperature almost insuferable In THIS
moist climate, aud for two honrs after the mercury
fuetuatsd between 99' and S3', not falling oeIo"
the nineties In fact. until nearly sunset The
lat ID and Sd of July had held tho
hot weather record for this averaging $50 as
maximum temperature. Yesterdays figures have been
beaten only half dozen times in the last eight or Ten
seasona The temperatures TAKEN 1t must DC rehlem
bered, are those shown Hudnnts thermometer. Inc
observations at the Signal Service Office. on top OF the
Equitable Building. always two or three oegrees
lower than those the But the broadway
figures indicate fairly the heat on the SURFACE
through which unfortunate pedestrians have 10 MAKE
their way aud under which all sorts Of men and beasts
suner most acutely.
Yesterday was tunatsly, alt holiday. and great
many people got town before the heat became 90
unbearable The railroad cars and steamers were
iammsd all the afternoon and the city looked deserte
both uptown and downtown. The million people OF 80
who were behind felt all the terrors OF the PROMISED
end however There scarcely . breath OF ar IRON
noon to D. m and the hass over town hung iiieie's
to the flag poles though the suns rays beat down IN
Gerce enough set them all hpping The wallis
psvemens cobble sent the radated neat hto
all the shaded and crannes and the park benches
under shelter Of tho trees only an aTgravauon.
Out In the the mercury would have shown ABOUT
1882 The tramps and loungers took their coats on and
sa N ns 1S sy Owed
tains when The gray-backs" were not watching Out
the sun enough burn their backs through the
The elevated railroad dried to punk and came
fnkn fire. anDutan6DuslY
the motion OF the trains was turned TO hot hot
surface sr nas cars ~er. Nearly a. bad could
not stick schedule account Of the exnaus
r nSa 0 along moss most Of the surface roads.
but several OF the stables lost horses nevertheless
.w.er in The .In and see the Giant, beaten as usual
In the galleries mad to keep all their clothes on
less and coIlarisss The most remarkable thing aboat
the weather in the afternoon was The frequency WIN
sned d1 ran and then hemp" passed OF 4apponnsy
only gust Of wind to raise The dust and make the ar
even more foul and oppressive .owards , ,swen
O'Clock Ssm o ,'o ' ars Behind n''" dark cloud
in the west and the Who'll, ,ky in that quarter wa:
sTea * rot ana m. or Babylon
the fadsi and the storm WAS blown porhwatd
The mercury fell to ai about $50 D. M air cooled
little from affects OF he showers on all sides and
tsmesratare fell further to $50 aud still showers
Threatened. rhry came to little or nohi1E however,
s,esp aud comfort The roofs on the tenement
houses we're turned TO account and many sufferers
campef In the parks the door stoopa Inc neat
yesterday the first touch OF neg Lot wave ir0m INC
Wet Temperatures high all the Middle and
NevEngisaa states Tho wave VIII probably reach us
maximum today and begin to break up soDorrow soV-
cr.l thunder showers promised They may do some
thing toward making to-day more bearabe than yester
day. A., -.
number OF persons wero Frustrated oy the neat
Among those who wsro assisted by tne police we're T.
lehman OF ST. SiChoaavo- and 0ao-hnndroi and nine
toeuth-st; Edward Marion, OF No 81 Vest alxtynrst
IhOmas Carey, oil No. l1t luftt sesonu-N'i
owen Dochey OF No % Carrollst. Brooklyn, and John
Lam q Carl ansylio